SIR in a Sentence
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224 example sentences for SIR, such as:
1. I don't quite follow you, sir.
2. Ok, my questions are over, stand down, sir.
3. Not a livin soul, sir, nor as much as a dog.
4. A sergeant, sir, Royal Marine Light Infantry, sir.
5. I would remind you of your lady's existence, sir, which the law recognizes, if you do not.
2. Ok, my questions are over, stand down, sir.
3. Not a livin soul, sir, nor as much as a dog.
4. A sergeant, sir, Royal Marine Light Infantry, sir.
5. I would remind you of your lady's existence, sir, which the law recognizes, if you do not.
Search Quotes from Classic Book Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
Meanings and Examples of SIR
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sir
n. term of address for a man
n. a title used before the name of knight or baronet
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1 "Commissionaire, sir," he said, gruffly.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER II. THE SCIENCE OF DEDUCTION
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER II. THE SCIENCE OF DEDUCTION
2 A sergeant, sir, Royal Marine Light Infantry, sir.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER II. THE SCIENCE OF DEDUCTION
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER II. THE SCIENCE OF DEDUCTION
3 "This case will make a stir, sir," he remarked.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER III. THE LAURISTON GARDEN MYSTERY
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER III. THE LAURISTON GARDEN MYSTERY
4 Why, that's true, sir," he said; "though how you come to know it, Heaven only knows.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER IV. WHAT JOHN RANCE HAD TO TELL
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER IV. WHAT JOHN RANCE HAD TO TELL
5 Not a livin soul, sir, nor as much as a dog.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER IV. WHAT JOHN RANCE HAD TO TELL
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER IV. WHAT JOHN RANCE HAD TO TELL
6 "No, sir, we hain't," said one of the youths.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER VI. TOBIAS GREGSON SHOWS WHAT HE CAN DO
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER VI. TOBIAS GREGSON SHOWS WHAT HE CAN DO
7 Now, sir,' she continued, 'I had no intention of telling you all this, but since my poor daughter has disclosed it I have no alternative.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER VI. TOBIAS GREGSON SHOWS WHAT HE CAN DO
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER VI. TOBIAS GREGSON SHOWS WHAT HE CAN DO
8 "I cannot help feeling that Gregson is right, sir," remarked Lestrade.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER VII. LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER VII. LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS
9 "Good morning, sir," a hollow voice boomed at him from a beak of paper.
10 Well, sir, he was like the rest of us; every time he looked at my prisoner, I saw that Sawbones turn sick and white with the desire to kill him.
11 "No, sir: I had a delicacy," was the reply.
12 No, sir; I can make no hand of it; I can't describe him.
13 "Quite right, Mr. Utterson, sir," replied the servant.
14 "Yes, sir, he do indeed," said Poole.
15 You may depend upon it, sir," he told Mr. Utterson: "I have him in my hand.
Example Sentence:
1 And now, sir, to reward you for the accurate guess, I will promise to paint you a careful and faithful duplicate of this picture.
2 I would remind you of your lady's existence, sir, which the law recognizes, if you do not.
3 "And old Madam Reed, or the Misses, her daughters, will be solicited by you to seek a place, I suppose?" "No, sir; I am not on such terms with my relatives as would justify me in asking favours of them--but I shall advertise."
4 "Only take off the red cloak, sir, and then - " "But the string is in a knot - help me."
5 "Well, I should like to be a LITTLE larger, sir, if you wouldn't mind," said Alice: "three inches is such a wretched height to be."
6 "Excuse me, sir," said the man in glib English.
7 "O noble sir, give alms to the poor," cried Aladdin, playing the mendicant.
8 "Now, sir, what did you want to treat that poor dumb beast so, for?" "I done it out of pity for him -- because he hadn't any aunt."
9 "Is it because you have the prospect of a journey before you, Jane? Is it the thoughts of going to London that takes away your appetite?" "I cannot see my prospects clearly to-night, sir; and I hardly know what thoughts I have in my head."
10 "Your language is enigmatical, sir: but though I am bewildered, I am certainly not afraid."
11 I thought of the life that lay before me -- _your_ life, sir -- an existence more expansive and stirring than my own: as much more so as the depths of the sea to which the brook runs are than the shallows of its own strait channel.
12 She began, in a low, timid voice, 'If you please, sir -.'
13 Ok, my questions are over, stand down, sir.
14 I don't quite follow you, sir.